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Robert Macfarlane, whose book “Is a River Alive,” was just released in trade paperback,  in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.

The best-selling nature writer, and author of “Underland” and “The Old Ways” discusses the relationship of the human race to nature in the context of the rights of natural phenomena, specifically rivers. What rights does the earth have in terms of man’s hegemony? Where do we fit in nature?

In this interview, recorded recorded June 11, 2025, he talks about his journey to three rivers: a cloud forest in South America, a dying river in India, and a river that runs through eastern Canada, along with a look at the spring near his home in England, and puts them all in context of environmentalism and politics.

He is the author of several books, including “”Mountains of the Mind” and “Ghostways,” Robert Macfarlane teaches at Cambridge University. His most recent book, co-authored with Jackie Morris, is “The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss,” commentary and drawings about our avian friends.

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